Leadership

Conduit was founded in January 2005 by a team of innovative entrepreneurs with successful track records in bringing new products and technologies to market.

Ronen Shilo, Founder and CEO

Ronen Shilo is an inventor at heart, from sophisticated software applications to cool musical puzzles, and introducing groundbreaking Internet applications is his passion. Before founding Conduit, Ronen started Effective-I, a learning system that categorized, organized and delivered information to shorten search cycles within an enterprise. Ronen also founded DoubleAgent, the first company to develop a collaboration technology that enabled application sharing over the Internet. DoubleAgent was later acquired by NetManage, and he managed this division for three years following the acquisition. Ronen received a BSc in Computer Science from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.



Dror Erez, Founder and CTO

Dror Erez is responsible for creating and implementing the Conduit product vision, including all product and technology strategy. A veteran of multiple technology startups, Dror has deep experience and knowledge of Internet, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and web syndication technologies. Before founding Conduit, Dror was cofounder and development manager of Effective-I, a learning system that categorized, organized and delivered information to shorten search cycles within an enterprise. Prior to this, he was development manager at DoubleAgent, where he led the engineering team that designed and developed the DoubleAgent application for sharing applications over the Internet. He also held leading technical positions in the Israeli Navy software division where he managed two projects that won awards from the Israel Navy Commander. Dror received his BSc in Physics and Computer Science from Israel's Bar Ilan University.



Joel York, Vice President of Marketing

Joel York is responsible for communicating and monetizing the Conduit vision. With more than 15 years of success in bringing software, web and software-as-a-service (SaaS) brands to market, he possesses deep expertise in both B2C and B2B business models with transactions ranging from $50 web subscriptions to $5M enterprise deals. Joel's experience includes vice president of marketing roles at Navis, eMind and Passlogix. Previously, he was a division general manager at SPSS and a consulting manager at Deloitte. Technically strong, Joel has a unique strategic grasp of the most cutting-edge web technologies from social networks to syndication. Joel holds a BS in Physics from Caltech, an MS in Engineering Physics from Cornell, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.



David Feuerstein, Vice President of Business Development

David Feuerstein is Conduit’s rainmaker in residence. A serial entrepreneur, David has founded and been instrumental in building revenue at multiple successful startups in the VOIP and Internet payments sectors. In the course of his career, David has developed, structured and closed innumerable multimillion dollar business partnerships and investments. David’s experience includes roles as cofounder and director at ATS Communications, vice president of business development at DeltaThree and one of its founding employees, and managing director at The Waban Group, a business partnership that helped facilitate regional business cooperation in the technology and natural resource and energy sectors in the Middle East. David holds a BA from the University of California at San Diego.



Roy Gen, Vice President of Finance and Operations

Roy Gen oversees Conduit’s financial activity and manages corporate operations. Roy brings more than 10 years of extensive experience in corporate and international financial management, including experience in accounting and auditing. Prior to joining Conduit, Roy served as vice president of finance at Exanet, a leading provider of clustered NAS (Network Attached Storage) solutions, where he led finance, accounting, and corporate control. Roy is a CPA and holds a BA (cum laude) in Economics and Accounting from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from the Recanati School of Business Administration at Tel Aviv University.



Gaby Bilczyk, Founder and Vice President of Engineering

Gaby Bilczyk runs all software and systems engineering at Conduit, and brings extensive Internet software development skills to the Conduit team. He has worked for some of the most innovative software companies in Israel, including Effective-I with Dror and Ronen, and has deep experience building robust, highly scalable websites and web services. As a project and team leader, Gaby balances a passion for great products with strong process discipline. Gaby received his BA in Computer Science from the Tel Aviv - Jaffa College in Israel with a focus on complex algorithms and distributed computing.



Eitan Lev, Vice President of Business Intelligence

Eitan Lev is in charge of maximizing the value and performance of the Conduit services portfolio. A technology and startup veteran, Eitan has served as vice president of research and development at multiple successful technology companies, including Scopus Network Technologies Ltd., Effective I and Vsoft Ltd. He also has deep software management experience, having led teams at Nexus and Advanced Technology Ltd. An avid inventor, Eitan has five patents and is in charge of intellectual property and patent management at Conduit. Eitan holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

 

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